textiles and the decorative arts characteristics: made from cotton, animal and grass fibers
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Textiles and the Decorative Arts Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers. Woven cloth made on narrow and horizontal looms. Motifs and patterns of cloth produced by a variety of techniques: such as resist dyeing, tie dyeing, weaving, and direct painting on the fabric. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Textiles and the Decorative Arts
Characteristics: Made from cotton, animal and grass fibers.
Woven cloth made on narrow and horizontal looms. Motifs and patterns of cloth produced by a variety of techniques:
such as resist dyeing, tie dyeing, weaving,
and direct painting on the fabric.
Cloth indicates status, personal and group identity, as well as the wearer’s occupation.
Often done to beautify, complement, and enhance the body.
Cloth is the fabric of immortality—“Cloth does not die, only wears to shreds”
“It is cloth we should greet before greeting the wearer”
Ibadan Dun—Ibadan is Sweet, Pleasurable, Enjoyable Indigo dyed fabric, Yoruba 20th century
Woman painting designs With feather and cassava starch
Woman displays completely Dried stenciled patterns
The dying stage
Third stage of the dying process
The final product
Bogolanfini ArtistBamana Peoples, MaliMud cloth20th century
Bogolanfini—Mud cloth, Bamana Peoples Mali, 20th century
Bogolanfini—mud cloth, Bamana Peoples, Mali, cotton and natural dyes20th century
Bogolanfini—Mud cloth, Bamana Peoples, Mali, cotton, natural pigments20th century
Adinkra,Akan, GhanaCotton, pigments20th century
Berber Blanket, wool and natural pigments, Morocco, 20th century
Berber Textile,Hand woven wool, with natural pigments20th century
Fon applique,Fon Peoples, Benin RepublicCotton,20th century
Funerary Cloth,Ibibio, NigeriaCotton, 20th century
Warriors in Quilted Cloth Armor, Djerma (Hausa) Peoples, Niger, 20th century
Woman weaving at the Vertical Loom
Weaving on the Narrow loom,Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria20th century
Hand woven fabricYoruba Peoples, NigeriaCotton, silk20th century
Dandogo, Yoruba, NigeriaCotton, natural dyes20th century
Dancer in Dandogo, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, 20th century
Kente,Akan Peoples,Ghana/Ivory CoastCotton, silk20th century
Kuba cloth, Kuba Peoples, Congo, raffia and natural pigments, 20th century
Kuba cloth, Kuba Peoples, Congo, raffia and natural pigments, 20th century
Ruler in Kente,Akan Peoples, GhanaCotton, gold, leather20th century
Orangun of Ila, (Ruler of Ila)Yoruba, NigeriaCotton, beads, leather20th century
Hausa Royalty,Hausa, NigeriaCotton, velvet20th century
Titled Chief in front of Nsibidi clothNote the feathers in cap,Leopard teeth necklace and the elephantTusk in his hand
Ekpe members in procession wearing the Ukara cloth, Igbo Nigeria
Kalabari Ijaw, Funerary Textile Display in the Jelly Fish Pattern, Buguma, Nigeria
Egungun costume on display at the Studio Museum, New YorkYoruba Peoples, Nigeria. Cotton, leather, metal, cowries, 20th century
Egungun Performance,Yoruba, Nigeria
Ijele Masquerade,Igbo, NigeriaCotton, wood, plastics, leather20th century
Elephant masks in performance, Cameroon
Ejisuhene Nana Diko Pim III,Wearing the great Warrior shirt And Hat with amulets,Akan Peoples, GhanaCotton, leather, metal, horns and cowries20th century
Ruler’s beaded shirt,Yoruba, NigeriaBeads, cotton20th century
Sango Priests in a ritual dance, Yoruba, Nigeria, cotton, leather, cowries20th century